Race Club

By Noel Rowsell

HAWkESBuRy Race Club will host the $150,000 Provincial-Midway Championships Qualifier (1400m) on Saturday 3rd March, with the first two place-getters guaranteed a spot in the $500,000 final at Randwick on Saturday 8th April 2023.

Six Hawkesbury horses have been entered for their home track event, with Jason Attard and Lucy keegan-Attard nominating ‘Reiby’s Regent’, ‘Munich’ and ‘Moinda’, Daniel Robinson has ‘karmazone’, Matt Vella has ‘I’m A Legend’ and Edward Cummings has ‘Gin Runner’.

Twenty-four horses in total have been entered, with 16 permitted to start and provision for four emergencies if required.

There will be 8 races on the card, which will coincide with racing at Royal Randwick on the same day.

There will be live entertainment, great food and racing excitement, Tickets are available for purchase on the day or via the Club’s website www.hawkesburyraceclub.com.au. An all-inclusive hospitality package is also available in the Signature Event Room, priced at $149pp.

Friday night, starting at 5.30 pm and wrapping up in two hours just before it gets dark.

Players can sign up to play at https://www.playhq.com/cricketaustralia/register/b89a70 or through any of the current individual clubs.

Results of the matches are being posted on the ‘Thunder Girls Cricket League’ Facebook page and are also available on PlayHQ and MyCricket sites. The chief aim of the competition is inclusion and participation. Everyone gets a chance to bat and bowl, and have fun playing the game.

Martin Gleeson, General Manager, Community Cricket Experience, Cricket NSW, said “The Thunder Girls’ Competition in Penrith and Nepean-Hawkesbury services an identified gap in the local cricketing landscape and will be a significant game changer for girls playing cricket in the region, as an opportunity to create pathways for them.”